James Purefoy

Known for ActingBorn 1964-06-03 (age 61)Taunton, England, UK

James Brian Mark Purefoy (born 3 June 1964) is an English actor. He played Mark Antony in the HBO series Rome, Nick Jenkins in A Dance to the Music of Time, college professor turned serial killer Joe Carroll in the series The Following, Solomon Kane in the film of the same name, and Hap Collins in the Sundance series Hap and Leonard. Purefoy also played Lord Phillipe de Clermont in the second season of the hit AMC/Netflix series "A Discovery of Witches". In 2018, he starred as Laurens Bancroft in the first season of Altered Carbon, a Netflix original series. Following an uncredited role as V in the 2006 film V for Vendetta (replaced and dubbed over by Hugo Weaving), he was cast in a main role as Captain Gulliver "Gully" Troy / Captain Blighty in the 2020–2021 second and 2022 third season of the television series Pennyworth, the prequel to both Gotham and V for Vendetta. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Purefoy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Masters of the Universe

Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

Lena: The Bride of Ice

The Wedding Tackle

The Prince and the Pauper

Angels

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

Sex Education

Rome

The Witcher

Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

Sherlock Holmes

The Making of Resident Evil

A Discovery of Witches

Jilting Joe

The Tide of Life

Calling the Shots

Sharpe

Altered Carbon

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

Marie Antoinette

The Recruit

Revenge

The Hollow Crown

Urban Myths

The Faithful

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Episodes

Sharpe's Sword

Outrageous

Legacy

Malpractice

Injustice

The Philanthropist

Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie

No Man's Land

Hap and Leonard

Manchild

Roots

El Candidato

Photo Finish

Land of Women

The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Following

Tears Before Bedtime

One Night Stand

The Cloning of Joanna May